Alexander Balanescu

Violinist and violist Alexander Balanescu leads the Balanescu Quartet, a group that is a crossover between classical and popular music. Classically trained himself, Balanescu performed the music of 20th century composers for three years, then decided to create a music addressed to more people than just music specialists. Alexander Balanescu was born in Romania, but moved with his family to Israel in 1969 when his university-employed father decided to escape the regime of Nicolae Ceausescu. Balanescu went on to study violin in London, and then in New York at Juilliard. He ret...